It was released as the first single from her debut album, Alicia Bridges (1978), and went to number two on the US Billboard National Disco Action Top 30 (now the Dance Club Songs chart) for two weeks.

The song was co-written by Alicia Bridges and Susan Hutcheson in 1977 for Bill Lowery, founder of Southern Music.

[1] Bridges herself would later admit that she had hopes that the song would be received as a Memphis soul number, calling it "something Al Green might sing".

Because of its association with the film (and also because Bridges herself is an open lesbian), the song is closely linked with gay culture.

In 1994, a new video was produced featuring Hugo Weaving, star of the film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.